[ExI] Sci-Fi novel by Ramez Naam: Nexus: Mankind Gets An Upgrade

[James Clement]

This just out from Transhumanist writer, Ramez Naam <http://rameznaam.com/>,
author of More Than Human.

*NEXUS: MANKIND GETS AN UPGRADE *
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“Gripping near future speculation… All the grit and pace of the Bourne
films.” - *Alastair Reynolds,** *author of *Revelation Space*

“Naam turns in a stellar performance with his debut SF novel… Here is the
remarkable scope of the story and its narrative power.” - *Booklist,
Starred Review*

“Mesmerizing.” – *Publisher’s Weekly*

Who decides what you can put in your brain? Who draws the line between
human and non-human? How do we choose between liberty and security?

In a near future scarred by the mis-use of advanced technologies,
government agencies and international treaties use extraordinary powers to
suppress research that could lead to new horrors. In this world, the
experimental and illegal nano-drug Nexus can link humans together,
wirelessly connecting brain to brain. There are some who want to improve
Nexus. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who
just want to exploit it.

When a young and idealistic American scientist named Kade is caught
improving Nexus, he’s blackmailed into spying on an eminent Chinese
researcher who may or may not be weaponizing Nexus – turning it into a tool
for coercion and political assassination. Bit by bit, Kade is thrust over
his head into a world of danger and international espionage – with more at
stake than anyone realizes.

>From the halls of academe to the halls of power; from the headquarters of
an elite US agency in Washington DC to a secret lab beneath a top
university in Shanghai; from the underground parties of San Francisco to
the illegal biotech markets of Bangkok; from an international neuroscience
conference to a remote Buddhist monastery in the mountains of Thailand –
Nexus is an exploration of the next step in human evolution, a scathing
critique of the US War on Drugs and War on Terror, and a thrill ride
through a world on the brink of explosion.

*Now available on Amazon.com*

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*James Clement*
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